Web News: Academics Patent P2P Spoofing

Lokie · 24-May-04, 11:02 PM

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	A computer science professor and graduate student have been awarded a patent for a method of thwarting illegal file sharing on peer-to-peer networks by flooding the network with bogus files that look like pirated music. The software creates bogus files with attributes -- such as file names and description tags -- that make them look like the real thing, but they are in fact white noise, low-quality recordings or advertisements to buy the song. What's more, the software sends out thousands of decoys to frustrate P2P users with fruitless downloads.

Miststlkr · 24-May-04, 11:09 PM

now for the big question.. do they sell it or destroy the only existing copy to keep the world safe from it?

TheOutcast · 25-May-04, 12:11 AM

So they patented what people have been doing on KaZaA for years? Morons..

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24-May-04, 11:09 PM		#2 (permalink)
Miststlkr Incognit - Hoe	now for the big question.. do they sell it or destroy the only existing copy to keep the world safe from it?

25-May-04, 12:11 AM		#3 (permalink)
TheOutcast Minnes-hoe-tan	So they patented what people have been doing on KaZaA for years? Morons..